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Executive Action (1973) - film review

  David Miller Crime / Drama / History / Thrillerstars 3
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Executive Action is an American thriller film first released in 1973, directed by David Miller.  The film stars Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan, Will Geer, Gilbert Green and John Anderson.  Our overall rating for this film is: good.

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Credits
  • Director: David Miller
  • Script: Dalton Trumbo, Donald Freed, Mark Lane
  • Photo: Robert Steadman
  • Music: Randy Edelman
  • Cast: Burt Lancaster (James Farrington), Robert Ryan (Foster), Will Geer (Ferguson), Gilbert Green (Paulitz), John Anderson (Halliday), Paul Carr (Chris), Colby Chester (Tim), Ed Lauter (Team ’A’ Operations Chief), Walter Brooke (Smythe), John Brascia (Team ’B’ Rifleman), Richard Bull (Team ’A’ Gunman), Sidney Clute (Depository Clerk), Deanna Darrin (Stripper), Lee Delano (Team ’A’ Gunman), Lloyd Gough (McCadden), Graydon Gould (TV Commentator), Rick Hurst (Used Car Salesman), Robert Karnes (Man at Rifle Range), James MacColl (Oswald Imposter), Joaquín Martínez (Art Mendoza), Dick Miller (Team ’B’ Rifleman), Oscar Orcini (Jack Ruby), Tom Peters (Sergeant), Paul Sorensen (Officer Brown), Hunter von Leer (Team ’B’ Rifleman), Sandy Ward (Policeman), William Watson (Team ’B’ Technician), John Himes (Reporter (unbilled)), Matthew Ahman (Himself (with JFK and King at the White House)), George Aiken (Himself (behind JFK at Test Ban signing)), Glen A. Bennett (Himself (in presidential motorcade)), Eugene Carson Blake (Himself (with JFK and King at the White House)), Leonid Brezhnev (Himself (applauds Test Ban Treaty, beside Khrushchev)), Earle Cabell (Himself (welcomes JFK to Dallas)), Mrs. Earle Cabell (Herself (presents flowers to Mrs. Kennedy) (unconfirmed)), John Connally (Himself (in Dallas with JFK)), Nellie Connally (Herself (in Dallas with JFK)), Jesse E. Curry (Himself (Dallas police chief, behind Oswald)), Chuck Dawson (Extra), J.C. Day (Himself (holds rifle aloft)), Patrick Dean (Himself (stands by ambulance door)), Everett Dirksen (Himself (behind JFK at Test Ban signing)), William C. Foster (Himself (behind JFK at Test Ban signing)), Will Fritz (Himself (Dallas chief of homicide, with reporters)), J. William Fulbright (Himself (behind JFK at Test Ban signing)), L.C. Graves (Himself (arrives at hospital with Oswald)), William Greer (Himself (in limousine at airport)), Andrei Gromyko (Himself (signs Test Ban Treaty)), Bobby Hargis (Himself (in presidential motorcade)), George W. Hickey (Himself (in presidential motorcade)), Clint Hill (Himself (in presidential motorcade)), Hubert H. Humphrey (Himself (behind JFK at Test Ban signing)), Lady Bird Johnson (Herself (in Dallas with JFK)), Lyndon Johnson (Himself (in Dallas with JFK)), Roy Kellerman (Himself (in limousine at airport)), Ed Kemmer (Reporter), Caroline Kennedy (Herself (with JFK)), Jacqueline Kennedy (Herself (in Dallas with JFK)), John F. Kennedy (Himself (speeches)), John Kennedy Jr. (Himself (with JFK)), Robert F. Kennedy (Himself (listens to Test Ban speech)), Nikita Khrushchev (Himself (applauds Test Ban Treaty)), Malcolm Kilduff (Himself (enters Parkland Hospital, with cigarette)), Martin Luther King (Himself (with civil rights leaders at the White House)), Samuel A. Kinney (Himself (in presidential motorcade)), Paul E. Landis (Himself (in presidential motorcade)), Jim Leavelle (Himself (arrives at hospital with Oswald)), John Lewis (Himself (with JFK and King at the White House)), B.J. Martin (Himself (in presidential motorcade)), Tim McIntyre (Himself (in presidential motorcade)), Robert McNamara (Himself (listens to Test Ban speech)), W.E. Newman Jr. (Himself (lies in Dealey Plaza, shielding son)), Kenneth P. O’Donnell (Himself (in presidential motorcade, behind Kinney)), Lee Harvey Oswald (Himself (explains Communism, denies charges, arrives at hospital)), Ike Pappas (Himself (at shooting of Oswald)), David F. Powers (Himself (in presidential motorcade, behind Roberts)), Joachim Prinz (Himself (with JFK and King at the White House)), A. Philip Randolph (Himself (with JFK and King at the White House)), Sam Rayburn (Himself (listens to Test Ban speech) (unconfirmed)), John D. Ready (Himself (in presidential motorcade)), Walter Reuther (Himself (with JFK and King at the White House)), Emory P. Roberts (Himself (in presidential motorcade)), Jack Ruby (Himself (moves to shoot Oswald, arrested)), Dean Rusk (Himself (behind JFK at Test Ban signing)), Leverett Saltonstall (Himself (behind JFK at Test Ban signing, partially visible)), George A. Smathers (Himself (behind JFK at Test Ban signing)), Adlai Stevenson (Himself (badgered by right-wing hecklers)), Lewis Strauss (Himself (testifies against Test Ban Treaty)), Edward Teller (Himself (testifies against Test Ban Treaty)), U Thant (Himself (applauds Test Ban Treaty)), Cyrus Vance (Himself (handshake with JFK)), Henry M. Wade (Himself (Dallas DA, pronounces Oswald the killer)), Roy Wilkins (Himself (with JFK and King at the White House, partially visible)), Whitney Young (Himself (with JFK and King at the White House))
  • Country: USA
  • Language: English
  • Runtime: 91 min
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